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Foreign-producedfeature films spent $267m  C$331m  in Ontario in 2004, a nearly 140% increaseover the previous year s $112m, according to numbers released Wednesday by theOntario Media Development Corporation  OMDC , the provincial ag <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.de>stanley cup</a> ency thatadministers tax credits and local services. The increase isless a harbinger of things to come than an indication of just how bad thingswere in 2003 - when the threat of a SARS epidemic stifled production throughoutthe country. That said, local feature production, which rose in 2003 to a $72mspend contracted by 56% in 2004 with 13 features spending less than $32m.Overall foreignand domestic film and television productions contributed $753m to theprovincial economy in 2004, a seven per cent increase from the $705m spent in2003 but still below the $794m spent in 2002.In a statement, Marcelle Lean, chair of the OMDC, said, while the industry has not fully recovered from a difficult 2003, we <a href=https://www.stanleywebsite.us>stanley website</a>  hope thatthe worst is finally behind us. Recent tax credit improvements aimed atimproving Ontario s competitiveness should make it even more attractive forproductions to choose Ontario.  In December, the provinceincreased its labour-based tax credit for foreign productions to 18% ofeligible labour costs while the credit for domestic productions was  <a href=https://www.stanleycup.cz>stanley cup</a> increasedto 30% of eligible labour costs.           No comments                                                     No comments yet                                            You re not signed in.               Iltc Celestial Pictures launches kung-fu mobile TV channel
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